cereus

Cereus
Cereus peruvianus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Cactaceae
Subfamily:	Cactoideae
Tribe:	Cereeae
Genus:	Cereus Mill.
Species
Cereus adelmarii Cereus bicolor Cereus comarapanus Cereus fricii Cereus horrispinus Cereus jamacaru Cereus mirabella Cereus pachyrhizus Cereus peruvianus Cereus spegazzinii Cereus trigonodendron Cereus tweediei Cereus vargasianus

A cereus is a plant form of cactus from subfamilies Cactoideae. It is characterisic by very prolonged bodies. Its are columnar growth cacti and also some epiphytic cacti. The name Cereus is from the Greek and Latin signifying a torch.

It is also a used as name of genus of cactus or part of name of others genera, for example Armatocereus, Arthrocereus, Cephalocereus, Echinocereus, Haageocereus, Hylocereus, Jasminocereus, Leptocereus, Micranthocereus, Pachycereus, Peniocereus, Oreocereus, Pilosocereus, Pygmaeocereus, Rauhocereus, Selenicereus, Stenocereus, Weberbauerocereus, Trichocereus.

Genus Cereus

One of oldiest genus of cacti. The circumscription of this genus has always been in flux and depends on the authority.

Synonymy

The following genera have been brought into synonymy with Cereus:

• Mirabella F.Ritter
• Piptanthocereus (A.Berger) Riccob.
• Subpilocereus Backeb.

Selected species

• Cereus peruvianus

See also

• Nightblooming cereus

List of Genera with columnar growth cactus

• Armatocereus
• Arrojadoa
• Arthrocereus
• Austrocephalocereus
• Azureocereus
• Bergerocactus
• Borzicactus
• Brasilicereus
• Browningia
• Buiningia
• Calymmanthium
• Carnegiea
• Castellanosia
• Cereus
• Cephalocleistocactus
• Cipocereus
• Cleistocactus
• Coleocephalocereus
• Corryocactus
• Escontria
• Espostoa
• Facheiroa
• Eulychnia
• Gymnocereus
• Haageocereus
• Harrisia
• Haseltonia
• Helianthocereus
• Isolatocereus
• Jasminocereus
• Lophocereus
• Machaerocereus
• Micranthocereus
• Morawetzia
• Myrtgerocactus
• Myrtillocactus
• Neobuxbaumia
• Neocardenasia
• Neoraimondia
• Nyctocereus
• Oreocereus
• Pachgerocereus
• Pachycereus
• Pilosocereus
• Polaskia
• Pterocereus
• Rathbunia
• Rauhocereus
• Setiechinopsis
• Siccobaccatus
• Stenocereus
• Stetsonia
• Stephanocereus
• Subpilocereus
• Thrichocereus
• Thrixanthocereus
• Weberbauerocereus

Cereus Peruvianus small cuttings

Cereus Peruvianus cutting

Cereus Peruvianus var Monstrose large and dwarf varieties]]

Cereus Peruvianus var Monstrose flower

Cereus species

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Cereus

• Columnar growth cacti
• Cereus uruguayanus Photo